The Maya Centre — Counselling for Women

Women we work with do not neatly fit into a single category and therefore there is rarely a service which can offer them the depth and length of support that we can provide. They have compound, complex problems and are often victims of gender-based violence and caught in a cycle that they find hard to break. Help Us support more vulnerable women with talking therapy:

£45 will provide one counselling session

£85 will provide one group counselling session for up to 8 women

£25 per hour will provide 1 hour of childcare to enable a women to attend counselling.

These figures do not reflect the overheads of running the centre

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Established in 1984, the Maya Centre works with women in Islington and the surrounding boroughs who find it difficult to access the kind of long-term counselling and support they need.

They may be homeless, fleeing a violent partner or at risk of neglecting or harming their children. Often their distress has its roots in the past. Our talking therapy can help women to come to terms with what has happened to them and break out of the cycle of abuse and social and economic disadvantage.

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Important update on The Maya Centre’s referrals waiting list

Due to unprecedented demand for our services, The Maya Centre is currently unable to take any new referrals for a short period of time. Our referrals waiting list will reopen on 18th October 2021. Many thanks for your patience, this is so that we can ensure safe delivery of our services and avoid waiting times becoming unmanageable […]

A small, local grassroots charity set up in 1984 to provide relief to emotional distress and raise awareness about women’s mental health issues.

Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

Please get in touch if you would like to support us or need our help.

0207 281 8970

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